Bandage roller, cutter, and cabinet



Oct. 9; 1928.

1,687,031 J. J. MOORE BANDAGE ROLLER, CUTTER, AND CABINET Filed April 50, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY Oct. 9, 1928.

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My invention relatesto cutting and diepensing machines adapted to be used by physicians for cutting and dispensing zinc oxide plaster and cotton bandage. Among other objects, it aims to provide an improved machine for cutting wide rolls of plaster or bandage into strips of any desired width, and mechanism for cutting off the strips after they are unrolled.

In the drawings wherein I have shown a selected embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a machine embodying my improvement;

.- level of the side walls.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is a right end elevation showing the machine secured to the edge of a table? a.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the linev4-4= of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on. the line 5-5 ofFig.3; I

Fig. 6 is a view showing a roll-spindle adapted for use in my machine; and I r Fig. 7 is a sectional view, on a scale, taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. '6.

Referring particularly to the drawings, I have there shown my machine as carried in a box-like cabinet or casing 10 conveniently, of sheet metal. In the present instance it is provided with end walls 11 which are arched or upwardly curved and extend above the However. the particular shape of the cabinet and the material of which it is made is a matter of selection.

On the rear wall' of the cabinet I have shown a channel shaped bracket 12 adapted to be secured tothe edge of a table. by suitable fastening means such as the thumb screws 13. "However, to provide for securing the cabinet to a wall the channel member has flanges 14 at right angles thereto so that screws may be passed through them.

Referring to Figs. .3 and 4, I have there shown a pair of roll spindles 15 journaled in the end walls 11 of the cabinet. Herein. U-shaped slots 16 are cut in the end walls to facilitate insertion or removal of the rolls. To prevent the roll from slipping out longitudinally of the bearings I prefer to cut annular channels or grooves 16 in the spindles suflicientlv wide to accommodate the sheet metal (see Fig. 6).

Each of the roll spindles is shown as having provision to facilitate inserting it in a roll "of cotton bandage or of plaster and thereafter tightening the roll on it. In Figs.

6 and 7 I have sh0wn narrow curved spring strips 17, each secured at one edge to'the spindle and the other edge being corrugated "readily to engage theroll so t at, when it is turned in the pro r direction in the roll, while the roll is eld against turning,

the convolutions of the material will be ti htened. At the left hand end of Fi 6 I ave shown the strips as being tapere or bent at their ends to conform to the periphery of the spindles so that they may easily be pushed into the hole in a commercial roll of bandage or of plaster.

Herein, I have shown the right hand ends of the spindles as having provision for receiving a crank 18 which, for the'sake of convenience may be removed and used to turn either spindle.

In Fig. 4 I have shown two rolls 19 mounted on the spindles ready to be out and dispensed. -A cutter shaft 20 is also journaled in U-shaped slots in the end walls of the cabinet above the level of the roll spindles. This shaft in the present instance is fiat or rectangular in cross section but has end bearing portions like the roll spindles. A cutter head 21 carrying a two-edged cutter or blade 22 is mounted to slide along the flat shaft and is suspended pendulum fashion so that it may be swung to cut one roll or the other after being set at the desired place, determined by a graduated scale on the top of the shaft which is visible through a window opening 23 in the top of the cutter head. To hold the cutter blade. which preferably has corrugated cutting edges, against the roll, I have shown a wrench-like handle 24 adapted to engage the top of the head so that when the handle is pulled or pushed. it applies cutting pressure directly to the rolls without putting any torsional strain on the shaft. 'i

When my shaft and spindles are mounted in bearings like those shown in the drawings, it isnecessary to provide some means to hold them in place while the machine is being operated. Herein, I have shown end plates 25 /(Fig. 3) each pivoted at one end to the end wall of the cabinet and adapted to be swung down over the spindles and the shaft, a suitable notch being provided for the shaft. At the front end of the plate I have shown a keeper in the form of a pin 26 working in a closed slot 27 in the plate and movable into an open slot 28 in an offset portion 29 on a strip 30 which is secured to the end wall of the box at the front. The slots are so inclined that the pin will not slip out accidentally while the machine is in operation. Moreover, this permits the rolls to be removed very easily.

On each of the plates 25 adjacent to the journals of the shaft 20 I have shown stops 31 cooperating with a crank-like member 32 on the end of the shaft to prevent the cutter from being swung too far into the rolls and against the spindles. Further to hold the cutter in idle position (shown in Fig. 4), I provide a wire latch 33 (Figs. 3 and 5) having a U-shaped notch to receive the crank member. This latch member may be soldered or otherwise secured to the end wall of the cabinet.

To provide for cutting oif bandage or plaster after the strips are unrolled, the upper edge of the front wall is shown in Fig. 4 as bent to produce a T-shaped rail on guide 34 for a slotted or grooved cross head 35 which is slidable on it and carries a cutter blade 36 having its edge at an angle to the horizontal (see Fig. 2). The blade is suitably secured to the cross head by means of screws 37 passing through a flanged plate 38, the flanges of which protect the fingers of the operator.

On the inside edge of'the T-shaped guide I have shown an inner guide in the form of a bar 39 presenting a straight edge to cooper ate with cutting edge of the blade in the same fashion as a pair of scissors. To prevent the cross head from sliding off the track at the left hand end, I provide a stop 40, but the right hand end is left open so that the cross head may be taken off when it is desired to make a roll of bandage or plaster of the same width as are the rolls in the machine.

InFigsJ2 and 4 I have shown a small square rod or bar 41 on the inner guide bar 39.- This bar is adapted to slide into a suitable slot in the stop 40 at the left hand end of the cabinet and to be clamped in place at the right hand end of the guide bar by any suitable latch, means such/[as the sliding keeper 42. This rod is used when it is desired to roll a wide bandage on one of the spindles. The bandage roll may be started on a split pasteboard tube 43 or the like having its ends overlapped as shown in Fig. 4, and then the rod 41 is used to clamp it against the guide bar 89. .One of the spindles is inserted in the split tube and is then put in its bearing and the winding-on operation is completed by turning the crank on the spindle. a cushion against which the cutting blade 22 contacts to prevent it from cutting into the strips 17. Thereafter the rod 41 is removed.

In order to keep the rolls practically covered in the cabinet, I provide a curved lid 44 hinged to the rear wall thereof and having The pasteboard tube serves as a longitudinal slot 45 to receive the handle 24 for operating tlie eutter head 21.

From the foregoin description it will be seen that I have produced a machine that is very useful in hospitals or physicians offices. It saves time in cutting bandages or plaster. Moreover, both bandage and plaster strips of a predetermined width previously out, say, at opposite ends of the rolls, maybe unrolled in disposition over the guide bar 39 where a nurse can seize the ends and unwind as much as is needed and cut off the strips very quickly, the remaining unused portions of the material being then rewound on the rolls. This enables a hospital to use wide rolls instead of carrying as great a variety of widths in stock for emergency use. Further, by using my improved pendulum cutter knife, it is only necessary to set the cutter head at the cutting position on the scale and manipulate the handle to'cut either roll desired.

Obviously the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment thereof herein shown and described. Moreover, it is not indispensable that all the features of the invention be used conjointly since they may be employed advantageously in various combinations and sub-combinations.

What 1 claim is:

1. A machine for cutting and dispensing surgical bandage and the like, comprising, in combination; a casing having provision to be secured to a support; a spindle carrying a bandage roll mounted within said casing; means to rotate said spindle; a cutter within the casing mounted for longitudinal adjustment adjacent to the roll and adapted to be forced into cutting relation thereto; a guide associated with said casing over which severed strips are adapted to cutter means associated with the guide to sever the strips. j

2. A cutting and dispensing machine of the class described comprising, in combination; a casing,

bandage or the like mounted in the casing;

a spindle carrying a roll of f a swingable cutter mounted for longitudinal v.

adjustment adjacent to said roll and adapted to cut the roll into strips of desired width; means to hold said cutter against the rolls; means to rotate the rolls; and means associated with the casing ,to sever the strips when they are dispensed.

3. A cutting and, dispensing machine of the class described comprising, in combination; a casing; a I rolls of surgical material or the like; and cut ting means associated with said rolls and arranged to be brought into cutting relation to either roll to cut them into strips of desired width.

4. A cutting and dispensing machine of the class described comprising, in combination; a casing; a pair of spindles carrying 2O able cutter on the cutter shaft; means to apply cutting pressure directly to said cutter;

ter shaft between said rolls; a swingably mounted cutter suspended upon said cutter shaft; and means to swing said cutter into cutting relationwith either roll,

5. A cutting and dispensing machine the class described comprising, in combina tion; acasing; a pair of spindles carrying rolls of surgical material or the like; a cut- I ranged. to

the class described comprising, in

tion; a casing; a spindle carryingla. roll of in t the class described comprising,

3 to apply cutting telshaft between said rolls; a cutter head sli'dably mounted'on said cutter shaft and ar- I oscillated pendulum fashion he tween the rolls; .and atwo-edged cutter car- 'ried by said cutter head to out either roll' into strips. of desired width.

6. A cutting and dispensing combine bandage or the like :mounted e easing; a cutter shaft adjacent to the rellpa swingand means to rotate said roll.

7. A :cutting and dispensing machine of tion;-a casing; a spindle bandage or the like mounted 1n the casing; a cutter shaft adjacent to the roll; a swingable cutter on the cutter shaft; said cutter shaft having a length scale thereon; means pressure directly to said to rotate said roll.

cutter; and means machine of 8. A cutting and dispensing the class described comprising, in combination; a caslng; a spindle carryin a roll of bandage or thechke mounted 1n t e casing;

" a swingable cutter mounted for longitudinal adjustment adjacent to said roll and ada ted to cut the roll into strips of desired wid meansto hold said cutter against the roll; means to rotate the roll; and stop means to prevent the cutter from cutting entirely through the roll.

9. cutting and dispensing machine of the class described comprising, in combination; a casing; a pair of spindles carrying rolls of surgical material. or the like; a cutter shaft between said rolls; a cutter head slidably mounted on said cutter shaft and arranged to be oscillated pendulum fashion between the rolls; a two-edged cutter carried 7 by said cutter head to out either. roll into .ating with edges from cutting -into said spindles; and: machine of the class descri in 'combinacarrying a roll 'of s ps of desired wiaaiywa s -m :tion; a casing; a pair of spindles carrying}:

rolls of surgical material'o'r the -like; a cutter shaft betweensaid rolls; a cutter head slid: ably mounted on said 1 cutter shaft and arranged to be oscillated endulumlfashion lgetween' the rolls; a two-e ged cutter carriedy strips of desired width; stop means cooper;

s'aid shaft to prevent-the cutting meansgnormally to holdsaid cutter in idle position between the rolls.

11. A cuttingximd dispensing'machine of (1 comprising, in combina-= tion; a casing; a pair of spindles carrying rolls of surgical material or. the like; a cutter shaft between saidrolls; a cutter head slidably mounted on said cutter shaft and arranged to be oscillated Pendulum fashion between the rolls; and a two-edged "cutter carried by said cutter head to out either roll into strips of desired' width; said shafts tion; a casing; a pair of spindles carrying rolls of surgical 'materialor the like; cuttin means associated with said rolls andsii arranged to be brought into cutting relation to either roll to cut them into strips of desired width; 9. single crank adapted to be connected to either spindle on the outside of the casing.

13. In a machine of the class described, a casing; means in the casing for cutting rolls of bandage or other material into strips;- a guiding edge on one wall of said casing; a guide rail associated with said Wall; a cutter head slidably mounted on said guide rail; an inclined cutting knife carried y said cutter head and a cutter bar spaced from the rail to form a groove for said cutting knife.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

JOHN J. MOORE.

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